HBO’s The Gilded Age boasts a cast full of characters who teeter the line between good and morally corrupt, continuing the network’s reputation for creating shows that spotlight flawed characters.

From the likes of Tony Soprano to Kendall Roy, these male characters have continued to fascinate audiences, becoming some of the most iconic television characters since the medium’s inception. Julian Fellowes’ period drama introduces a female character to the mix who stands tall among her male peers, within the show’s narrative and outside of it too.

Season 3 of The Gilded Age saw Bertha Russell (Carrie Coon) forcing her daughter Gladys (Taissa Farmiga) into an arranged marriage with Hector (Ben Lamb), the Duke of Buckingham. In doing so, her relationship with Gladys fractures, as her daughter

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